A HISTORY OF THE EARLY DAYS OF PERSONALITY TESTING IN AMERICAN INDUSTRY: An Obsession With Adjustment

History of Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 164-184

  Gibby, Robert E ^a   Zickar, Michael J ^b  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emotional adjustment; industrial psychology; personality testing; Robert S. Woodworth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

COMBAT DISORDERS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL; UNITED STATES; WORLD WAR I;

EID: 50849121395     PISSN: 10934510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013041     Document Type: Article

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